WILDE SAU
WILD BOAR. German ground- controlled night fighter system using twin engined aircraft
WIMPY
RAF nickname for the Vickers Wellington bomber. The name came from J. Wellington Wimpy, a character in the Popeye cartoon in the Daily Mirror ...
During World War II the Luftwaffe also experimented with single-engine aircraft in this role which they referred to as Wilde Sau (wild boar).
However, actual intercepts were generally or entirely made using Wilde Sau methods, rather than AI radar-controlled interception.
 See also: Aircraft, Airborne, Landing, Radar, Lift
  
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